When Diplomacy Goes to War
As the war in Ukraine enters its second year, several questions remain about what the US government would have,...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
When Diplomacy Goes to War
A nation must think before it acts.
Ukraine
Big Changes in United Arab Emirates Foreign Policy
Editor’s Note: This paper is based inter alia on insights from a series of meetings and interviews during a...
War As a Neighbor: Moldova and the Challenges of Facing Russian Aggression in Ukraine
“The Kremlin is thinking about ways to strangle Moldova.” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in his speech during...
China’s and India’s Relations with Russia after the War in Ukraine: A Dangerous Deviation?
When Russian assault troops landed at Hostomel Airport near Kiev in February 2022, few could have anticipated how Russia’s...
The Roots of Russian Military Dysfunction
Executive Summary An unwillingness to decentralize decision making authority and a failure to communicate accurate information are the...
The Turkish Veto: Why Erdogan Is Blocking Finland and Sweden’s Path to NATO
Finland and Sweden grew closer to Western institutions in the post-Cold War era, and EU accession in 1995 meant...
‘Putin Does Not Want Bad News’: U.S. Military Expert Assesses Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine After One Year
Russia’s massive, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has been going on for one year now, with tens of thousands of...
Moscow’s Mind Games: Finding Ideology in Putin’s Russia
Americans tend to view ideology with suspicion. In fact, one scholar proclaimed that ideology had “ended.” Despite this dismissiveness,...
The Confrontation with Russia and US Grand Strategy
Over the past year, two understated but dramatic shifts in US strategy have taken place: the United States no...
Tanks a Lot (Well, Actually Not That Many for Ukraine)
The decision by Western countries to send tanks to Ukraine is a welcome one, but tanks—at least in their...